Mele Kalikimaka...

Christmas is just a couple of weeks away and we still haven't started thinking about our cards! Ooops! They may end up being New Year's cards or Valentine's cards! I could give the excuse that we've been quite busy, however, we have no evidence to back us up! We've just been bitten by the lazy bug...

One of Cade's favorite places to play is under the dining table. He loves to play with Gammy's bracelets. Yes, Garrett knows about it and doesn't quite approve...

Cade also realizes that he needs to put shoes on to go outside. However, he doesn't quite realize that it needs to be his own appropriate shoes. It's a good thing that we're about 99% sure Cade is having a little sister!

We try to go to the beach as much as we can, but it ends up only being about once or twice a month. Cade absolutely LOVES the sand...

The water is a different story. He doesn't care for being in the ocean at all!
Even catching a small wave with Daddy wasn't appealing.
Cade is usually very shy around new people and cries when they try to carry him or make contact with him. But, he loves his Uncle Brent! He just went right over and sat in his lap, and was more than willing to share his toys with him!

Random update...

Cade has been keeping us very busy! What an active toddler! Here are just a few new things.

He loves climbing. When given the opportunity, he climbs up or into EVERYTHING! Sometimes it can be quite funny and entertaining, but other times it can get dangerous!

Cade's first bites of ice cream! YUM!
Cade is quite the accomplished shopper. On a recent trip to Oahu, Garrett found this cute hat for him, which he loves (sometimes!). All the excitement of shopping and attention he received from strangers made him sleepy...

I don't know who was having more fun playing ball, Cade or great grandpa!

Lastly, SURPRISE! Cade will be a big brother in a few months. I am about 17 weeks along so far. This pregnancy has been a little different; I had morning sickness for a couple of weeks, but it was in the evening. Now I feel fine, but very tired. It's hard to tell if it's the 16 month old we have running around or all the hormones in my body going crazy! No real cravings like I had with Cade... it has been more G having ice cream or icee cravings in the night time!

November already!

Happy Belated Halloween! Cade and his friends at daycare all got sick with a bad cough the week of Halloween, but they were still able to find energy to carve cute pumpkins.

Cade had to practice wearing the costume because he was not thrilled at all!

All the practice paid off! He even learned to "roar"...sometimes.

Gammy found these cool foam blocks at Costco. Cade has learned in the last few weeks that the shapes fit into each other. It has been very amusing to see him use his problem solving skills!
We love to take Cade outside and walk down the driveway to get the mail. Along our trees we have our friends, the Jackson chameleons. I don't know how I spot them so easily, especially this tiny guy!
We must talk on the phone a lot because Cade has been mimicking it for awhile. He puts everything which looks like a phone up to his ear and says "hi".

Update...

Cade loves the sand and beach! We met Garrett's cousin one evening as they fished and Cade played with his cousins in the sand. Copying his cousin make sand angels!

Brushing his hair after his bath
The annual Maui County Fair was the first weekend of October. It is not nearly as big or overwhelming as the Puyallup Fair that we've gotten accustomed to in WA. We haven't been to the County Fair since high school! We were very excited to go and eat all the great food, but Garrett was more excited to take Cade on some rides. It was a very HOT afternoon and Cade didn't take a nap, so I think he was a little dazed about the rides and didn't know what to think!
A smile on the carousel!

August and September happenings...

Things are going very well on Maui; settling in and adjusting to living here.

Our college friend, Tammy, visited from Japan. We went up to Rice Park to check out a wedding spot for her! Congrats Tammy!
We hardly drive around the Kahakuloa side (the head) of Maui, so we ventured off one Sunday to do so. The road is in pretty good shape- paved most of the way. We both haven't been around that side for at least 5-8 years, so it was nice to see all the views!

Met up with Grandpa Dean in Lahaina and hung out at the car show.

Cade had his first bites of furikake (salted seaweed) frenchfries and LOVED it! Needless to say, it made a mess all over his tiny fingers, but it was worth it!

Cade's cousin, Chaelia, had her 2nd birthday party at a park. Cade wasn't too fond of the swings at first...
but then caught on and enjoyed himself!
We have a few resident Jackson chameleons in our trees, so I caught one and showed it to Cade. He was really scared of him at first!
It took Cade a few minutes to touch the chameleon, but then he was too interested in it!

We had our 10th high school class reunion over Labor Day weekend. Our very good friend, April, came home from LA to enjoy the festivities! We were so happy to see her and for her to meet Cade! Isn't she sooooo dark! I told her my goal is to be that dark one day (when I was younger I used to be pretty tanned from golfing...but not anymore!)

Boo-boos and sign language...

Well, like we mentioned earlier, we have a rambunctious toddler. He confirmed this when he fell and bonked the couch at just the right spot to receive 2 stitches to his lip. I think it was more traumatic to Gammy and Aunty Jocelyn, than to Cade. The stitches have come out and it is healing very nicely!

Cade loves to throw his head and body backwards when Daddy carries him. It's scary when you're not expecting it!
You can see the lip is healing well, but if you notice he has a small black eye on the left side! He bonked the handles of a toy car he was playing with. (Sigh)...

After many months of showing Cade sign language, he has finally started to use them! He knows more, eat, and milk! He just decided one day he was going to use them! Now we have to learn more signs to teach him!

Walking, peek-a-boo, and a birthday celebration...

Sorry, we've been busy getting situated, so the blog has once again been neglected. We've had a very busy July fly by! Cade had MANY milestones this month. In a span of about a week he learned to play peek-a-boo by covering his face, throw kiss, smile, and WALK! Yes, we now have an official toddler! He learned to walk so fast! One day we were counting 2 steps, the next day it was 17, and by the third day he was walking everywhere. Cade playing with his birthday cake on his real birthday

Cade's birthday cake at the party
Centerpieces; we covered his formula cans in Transformer wrapping paper and stuck a label on them. We covered candies in celophane and attached them to a stick and made them stick out the cans. I found these cute Transformer paper boxes to make and made them also stick out the containers.
Kau kau (food)

Ice cream sundae area

Beach time! Playing with daddy and Uncle Thomas. Uncle thought it was soooo fun to play in the sand again and was glad he had an excuse to do so.
Relaxing on comfy Aunty Lisa
I know my friend Heather is going to roll her eyes at this picture, but we're starting to potty train Cade. This picture sums up what he thinks of the situation!

Moving...

We have officially moved back to Maui! Everyone, including Sporty, made it here safely! It still feels like we're only here for a visit. I think once Garrett starts work next week and I get a job (fingers crossed!) then maybe it will feel like we live here. We've been trying to settle in and start organizing, but the humidity makes us very sluggish! Plus, our albino skins need some sun!

We took Cade to the beach for the first time. Lathered on SPF 50+ every half an hour and after we dunked him in the water. He tolerated the water and sand;definitely needs to get accustomed to it! He hated the cold shower to rinse off all the sand!

Cade is such a flirt. He would stare at all the girls who walked by or were near us and wait until they made eye contact. Then he would give them his dimply smile. Aaahhhhh we gotta watch out for this boy!

Oh, and Cade just started taking a couple of steps on his own! He's also standing and just trying to catch his balance more and more everyday!

Quick, much needed update...

Sorry, things have been getting very hectic around here with our big move coming up. Here's a quick update of the last few weeks.

Our good college friends stopped by at the end of May for a quick visit. We met Cisco and Kaui's daughter, Kaila, for the first time. She's a doll! Kaila and Cade had a lot of fun playing together!

They both HATE the playpen when they're by themselves, but for some reason, they both wanted to play in it that day. They were content in it for about 10 minutes, then soon realized it wasn't fun anymore. We had so much fun watching them interact. Kaila is 6 months older than Cade, so it was neat to get a preview of things he'll be able to do in the near future!

We went to Uncle Chester's graduation party. Congrats!

My cousin and her family were visiting Seattle, so we met up at the Seattle Aquarium! This was Cade's first time there and it was neat to watch his curiosity towards the animals. He's in to pointing at things and the animals at the aquarium are very easy to see, so he was excited! This is the first time he's shown an interest in animals or proved he can see them; usually he just sits in his stroller and falls asleep.

Cade pointing at the HUGE tako (octopus in Hawaiian)
Cade hamming it up with his cousin Kyle, who is pretending to play the guitar

Cade has no concept of sleeping in on the weekends. He sleeps through the night, but gets up between 5:30-6:30 to drink a bottle, then will go back to sleep for a couple of hours, which allows us to sleep a little more too. We take turns getting up with him in the early morning, but I'm usually the one to get him around 9. We bring him back to our bed and let him crawl around us, usually to wake the other parent up. Cade had fun waking Garrett up the other morning; he was poking at his face and finally decided to dig his nose!

Cade is becoming much more adventurous. He loves to crawl up our stairs and has even tried crawling down them (backwards). He is into tippy toeing to see things higher up and pushes boxes over to places so he can stand on it. His new favorite thing is to stand up on his car or sit down backwards and make his butt hit all the buttons. Ohhhhh no...I feel a rambunctious toddler on our hands!